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Dan
1[ dan ]
noun
- (in the Bible) a son of Jacob and Bilhah.
- one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally descended from him.
- the northernmost city of ancient Palestine.
- a male given name, form of Daniel.
Dan
2[ dan ]
noun
- a title of honor equivalent to master or sir:
Dan Chaucer.
dan
3[ dahn, dan ]
noun
- a degree of expertise in karate, judo, tae kwon do, etc., usually signified by the wearing of a cloth belt of a particular color; level:
a sixth-degree dan.
Dan.
4abbreviation for
- Bible. Daniel ( def 1b ).
- Danish ( def 2 ). Also Dan
Dan.
1abbreviation for
- Bible Daniel
- Danish
Dan
2/ æ /
noun
- an archaic title of honour, equivalent to Master or Sir
Dan Chaucer
dan
3/ æ /
noun
- a small buoy used as a marker at sea Also calleddan buoy
dan
4/ æ /
noun
- any one of the 10 black-belt grades of proficiency
- a competitor entitled to dan grading
Dan
5/ æ /
noun
- the fourth son of Jacob (Genesis 30:1–6)
- the tribe descended from him
- a city in the northern territory of Canaan
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Dan1
Origin of Dan2
Idioms and Phrases
- from Dan to Beersheba, from one outermost extreme or limit to the other.
Example Sentences
Ursula’s father, Dan Nguyen, Bà Nôi’s youngest son, maintained a legacy of abandonment, leaving behind family after family.
Born to a white mother, Ursula and her brother Alvin were raised as cousins to their half-siblings Jen and Duncan, the product of Dan’s marriage to a Vietnamese woman; that union did not last either.
Grey Dawning, the mount of Harry Skelton for trainer Dan, is likely to go off favourite for the Bowl, with Spillane's Tower and Gaelic Warrior among rivals.
“Investors don’t know what’s going to happen around the corner,” said Dan Ives, a Wedbush Securities analyst who covers the technology sector.
State Farm General Chief Executive Dan Krause said that the parent was ready to provide at least $250 million, which he said would “position State Farm General well for the short term and creates the opportunity to seek additional capital as the full rate review is completed,” according to a meeting transcript.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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